Monitoring Network thru SMS Alerts
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Monitor Network thru SMS Alerts
Now it is possible to monitor your network using SMS alerts, while you are on move, you can have a close watch on your network via SMS on your mobile.
To enable this facility, we need to attach GSM Modem with MikroTik.
Configuration is as follows.
STEP-1 Connect GSM Modem on serial or USB port of MikroTik Router
STEP-2 Configure Netwatch.
/tool netwatch add host=192.168.1.1 interval=10s timeout=150 up-script=”/tool sms send serial0 "9909890908" message="Message" down-script="/tool sms send serial0 "9909890908" message="Message"
Repeating the above steps you can configure your whole network, you need to change host, Interval, timeout & message value according to your requirements
edit: for USB Modem use
up-script=”/tool sms send usb3 "9909890908" message="Message" down-script="/tool sms send usb3 "9909890908" message="Message"